Home›Healers›All HealersBrowse ByAll HealersReference and ClassificationVerifiedThis category is the top-level index for the atlas's Healer entities: the individual physicians, surgeons, nurses and traditional healing practitioners profiled for their contributions to medicine, whether through a specific discovery, a body of clinical work or the practice of a traditional healing system. Each entry covers a specific individual rather than a condition, a treatment or an institution, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.FactsAll HealersConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonUses International ClassificationWell-attestedISCO-08 (International Standard Classification of Occupations) 1All HealersFilter Results1,318 entriesHealing TraditionAllAcupuncturists and Acupuncture Researchers (9)African Traditional Healers (4)Anatomists and Physiologists of Antiquity and the Renaissance (7)Anesthesiologists and Perioperative Care Pioneers (8)Ayurveda and South Asian Traditional Medicine (32)Cardiac, Vascular and Transplant Surgeons (43)Cellular and Disease Pathologists (34)Clinical Physician-Scientists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (92)Dentists and Pioneers of Dental Anesthesia (5)Epidemiology and Tropical Disease Control Pioneers (8)Experimental Pathologists and Chemotherapy Pioneers (3)Founders of Antisepsis and Modern Operative Surgery (64)Founders of Modern Nursing and Battlefield Care (6)Fringe and Alternative Medicine Founders (44)HIV and Modern Infectious Disease Leaders (4)Hormone, Vitamin and Drug Discoverers (15)Hydrotherapy and Physical Culture (27)Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors (13)Immunology and Transplantation Scientists (16)Indigenous American and Pacific Healing Traditions (2)Maternal, Child Health and Blood Service Founders (3)Midwifery, Reproductive Science and Hospice Care Pioneers (6)Military, Public Health and Reform Surgeons (71)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (50)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (70)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (23)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (10)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (11)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (31)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (162)Pioneering Women and Minority Physicians (16)Pioneers of Bacteriology and Parasitology (28)Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists and Humanistic Pioneers (14)Reproductive Technology Inventors (2)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (11)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (38)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (21)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (10)Unorthodox and Anthroposophic Physicians (16)Vaccine and Antibiotic Developers (7)Specialist InAllAnatomy (50)Anesthesiology (6)Ayurveda (6)Cardiology (7)Cardiothoracic Surgery (32)Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2)Critical Care Medicine (1)Dermatology (12)Endocrinology (7)Epidemiology (7)Family Medicine (9)Forensic Pathology (2)Gastroenterology (1)Genetics (2)Geriatrics (1)Hematology (4)Histology (5)Homeopathy (2)Hospice and Palliative Medicine (1)Immunology (10)Infectious Disease (17)Internal Medicine (36)Interventional Radiology (1)Medical 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(15)Hydrotherapy and Physical Culture (27)Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors (13)Immunology and Transplantation Scientists (16)Indigenous American and Pacific Healing Traditions (2)Maternal, Child Health and Blood Service Founders (3)Midwifery, Reproductive Science and Hospice Care Pioneers (6)Military, Public Health and Reform Surgeons (71)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (50)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (70)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (23)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (10)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (11)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (31)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (162)Pioneering Women and Minority Physicians (16)Pioneers of Bacteriology and Parasitology (28)Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists and Humanistic Pioneers (14)Reproductive Technology Inventors (2)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (11)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (38)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (12)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (10)Unorthodox and Anthroposophic Physicians (16)Vaccine and Antibiotic Developers (7)NationalityAllAlmoravid dynasty (1)Ancient Rome (1)Argentina (3)Armenia (1)Australia (8)Australia (1)Austria (22)Austria-Hungary (1)Austrian Empire (3)Belgium (6)Brazil (6)British Raj (4)Burkina Faso (1)Canada (19)Chile (1)China (5)Cuba (1)Czechia (5)Czechoslovakia (1)Denmark (7)Eastern Han (2)Egypt (3)England (13)Estonia (3)France (74)Gambia (1)German Empire (3)German Reich (1)Germany (423)Greece (3)Guatemala (1)Habsburg Netherlands (1)Holy Roman Empire (4)Hungary (6)India (28)Iran (4)Iraq (1)Ireland (8)Israel (2)Italy (22)Japan (11)Kingdom of Bavaria (3)Kingdom of France (1)Kingdom of Great Britain (1)Kingdom of Italy (3)Kingdom of Prussia (13)Malaysia (1)Mexico (3)Ming dynasty (1)Morocco (1)Netherlands (16)New Zealand (4)Nigeria (1)North Korea (1)Norway (3)Poland (15)Portugal (2)Qing dynasty (1)Republic of Venice (1)Romania (1)Russia (8)Russian Empire (4)Salerno (1)Scotland (17)South Africa (6)Soviet Union (3)Spain (4)Sweden (6)Switzerland (34)Turkey (2)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (86)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (7)United States (186)Vietnam (3)Wales (1)Weimar Republic (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 100Jock McKeenTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJoel ShewTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJogesh Chandra GhoshTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohan Adam PollichMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann BeringerGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJohann Christian BuxbaumMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Christian Gottlieb AckermannGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJohann Christian Gottlob BaumgartenMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Christian RosenmüllerMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Christian SenckenbergGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJohann Ernst HebenstreitMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Friedrich BlumenbachMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Friedrich DieffenbachSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohann Friedrich Meckel, the ElderPathologists and AnatomistsJohann Friedrich StruenseeGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJohann Friedrich von EschscholtzPathologists and AnatomistsJohann Georg Noel DragendorffMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Georg RoedererObstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric SpecialistsJohann Georg WirsungPathologists and AnatomistsJohann GoerckeSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohann Gottfried ZinnPathologists and AnatomistsJohann Gottlieb GleditschMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Gottlob LeidenfrostMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Hieronymus KniphofMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Jacob BaierGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJohann Joachim BecherTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohann Julius WalbaumMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann Nathanael LieberkühnPathologists and AnatomistsJohann Nepomuk RustSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohann Nepomuk von NussbaumSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohann Peter FrankPublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsJohann Schröder (physician)Medical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann SchrothTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohann SperlingMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohann SpurzheimPsychiatrists and NeurologistsJohanna BudwigTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohannes BohnPathologists and AnatomistsJohannes EngelTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohannes FabryGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJohannes HegetschweilerGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJohannes Peter MüllerMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohannes RankeMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohn Abercrombie (physician)Psychiatrists and NeurologistsJohn Benjamin MurphySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohn Bodkin AdamsGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJohn Burdon-SandersonPhysiologists and PharmacologistsJohn Charles CutlerPublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsJohn CharnleySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohn GibbonSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohn Harvey KelloggTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohn Henry TildenTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohn HulkeSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohn HunterSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohn HuxhamGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJohn M. OpitzMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJohn Malcolm (surgeon)Traditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohn Martin LittlejohnTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJohn Rae (explorer)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohn Richardson (naturalist)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohn Sibley (doctor)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohn SnowPublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsJonas SalkImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsJosé ArceSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJosé Narro RoblesPublic Health and Epidemiology SpecialistsJosef Aloys FrölichMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJosef IsselsTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJoseph BellSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJoseph Jakob PlenckGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJoseph ListerSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJoseph MurraySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJoseph Paul GaimardSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJoseph PilatesTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJoseph SchröterMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJoseph von LindwurmGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJoseph WolpePsychiatrists and NeurologistsJoshua PimGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansJuan BadianoTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJuan Carlos ParodiSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJudith Graham PoolMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJules BordetImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsJules-Émile PéanSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJulien Offray de La MettrieTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersJulius Friedrich CohnheimPathologists and AnatomistsJulius Richard PetriImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsJulius ScribaSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJulius von MayerMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsJustus Christian LoderPathologists and AnatomistsKalle ReicheltTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersKaren HorneyPsychiatrists and NeurologistsKarin Büttner-JanzSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsKarl AbrahamPsychiatrists and NeurologistsKarl August BurowSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsKarl August von BergenMedical Scientists, Physiologists and Pharmacologists← Previous1…678910…14Next →ConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,213 connections.Sources1. 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